Intro
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)AWell (x02220@1)I've tasted love so sweet
APlayed (x02220@1)around but not for keeps
F#mI (244222@1)never been knocked off my feet
F#mTill (244222@1)you came along
C#mIn (x13321@4)the room surrounding me
DAre (xx0232@1)angels I cannot see
BmI (x24432@1)know they come to carry me to
EWhere (022100@1)I belong

          F#m (244222@1)          C#mCloser (x13321@4)to you, closer to you
DI'm (xx0232@1)singing like a sailor 
                               F#mstrutting (244222@1)up your avenue
           BmLike (x24432@1)a clown in a costume shop
        C#mWearing (x13321@4)nothing but my birthday suit
                  F#m (244222@1)  F#mGetting (244222@1)closer to you

AAll (x02220@1)the knocks upon your door
AFootsteps (x02220@1)fallen on your floor
F#mAll (244222@1)the shipwrecks on your shore
F#mMean (244222@1)nothing to me
C#mAll (x13321@4)the crooks on Capitol Hill
DCriminals (xx0232@1)on the dollar bills
BmAll (x24432@1)the money on Wall Street still
ECouldn't (022100@1)keep me from getting

          F#m (244222@1)          C#mCloser (x13321@4)to you. Closer to you
DLike (xx0232@1)a priest on a pulpit 
F#mpreaching (244222@1)to an empty room
       Bm (x24432@1)                             
Like a drunk in a dive bar
             C#mIn (x13321@4)the early afternoon
          F#m (244222@1)  F#mCloser (244222@1)to you.

DmPoets (xx0231@1)could not pronounce your name
DmGamblers (xx0231@1)couldn't play the game
AmMatchstick (x02210@1)statues set to flame
AmCouldn't (x02210@1)hold a candle to you
GmSwindlers (355333@1)on the Sunset strip
GmHypnotists (355333@1)and hypocrites
EVentriloquists (022100@1)and Pickpockets
EWish (022100@1)that they could get

Solo:   Dm (xx0231@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)Gm (355333@1)Gm (355333@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)
AWell (x02220@1)I've tasted love so sweet
APlayed (x02220@1)around but not for keeps
F#mI (244222@1)never been knocked off my feet
F#mTill (244222@1)you came along
C#mI (x13321@4)sit through the trickery
DThe (xx0232@1)jealousy and vanity
BmThe (x24432@1)potency of your prophesy
EBecause (022100@1)I long to be

          F#m (244222@1)          C#mCloser (x13321@4)to you. Closer to you
DLike (xx0232@1)a hound dog in a junkyard honey
F#mI'm (244222@1)howling at the moon
Bm (x24432@1)Like a Pirate in a pawnshop
C#mwith (x13321@4)a pocket full of jewels
          F#m (244222@1)F#mCloser (244222@1)to you (x3)

I'll get through
Oh baby I'll get through
Closer to you